Bolting-reel



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W. E. GORTON.

BOLTING REEL.

No. 399,874. Patented Mar. 19, 1889.

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BOLTING REEL.

No. 399,874. Patented Mar. 19, 1889.

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WILLIAM E. HORTON, OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS.

BOLTING REEL.

SPECIFICATXON forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,874, dated March 19, 1889.

Application filed October 27, 1887. Serial No. 263,490. (No model.)

To (oi/Z whom, zit may concern/.-

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM E. GORTON, of Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, haveirwented certain new and useful Improvements in BoltingReels; and I. do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of bolting-reels, and includes improvements in the construction of the reelframe, applicable both to centrifugal reels and reels of other kinds, other improvements relating more especially to centrifugal reels and to improvements in means for cleaning the cloth of bolting-reels.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a view of a reel eml'iodying my invention, said reel being partially in side elevation, partially in central longitudinal section, and having certain of its exterior parts broken away to show more clearly the interior construction thereof. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the reel shown in Fig. 1, taken upon line .1: of Fig. 1. Fig. 23 is a detail section taken upon line a: .1 of Fig. 2, illustrating the construction of the inclined deflectors therein shown. Fig. 4 is a reel generally similar to that shown in Fig. 1, but containing no revolving heaters. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the reel shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 illustrates in central loi'igitudinal sec tion still another form of reel embodying my invention. Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the reel shown in Fig. b. Fig. Sis a sectional view taken through the housing of the reel, showing the exterior of the reel proper and cloth-cleaning devices therefor. Fig. 9 is a cross-section of the parts shown in Fig. 8, tal'ten upon line 0c of said figure. Fig. it) is a perspective view of a part of the clothcleaning device shown in Figs. 8 and J. Fig. 11 illustrates a notched strip adapted for use in place of the separate deflectors shown in other figures of the drawings.

The reel shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 33 is of that kind known as a centrifugal reel, and it comprises as its principal parts two heads, A A, which are supported by means of radial arms a a from tubular sleeves A A through which passes a central beater-shaft, B, an exterior cylindric frame, 0, supporting the boltingcloth D, and an interior frame, E, arranged concentric with the frame C and arranged to sustain within the latter an inner concentric wall, F, provided with longitudinal slots or openings f. The said wall F may consist of bolting or other cloth stretched over the frame E, or it may be formed of imperforate sheet metal or other suitable material. IVhen the inner wall is made of bolting-cloth, a cloth having a very fine mesh will preferably be used. A closely-woven or imperforate cloth may, however, be employed with substantially the same result.

As illustrated in said Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the exterior frame, 0, consists of longitudinal ribs 0, attached to the heads A A, and circumferential ribs 0', attached to and supported by the longitudinal ribs 0, the bolting-cloth D being stretched over and supported by the said ribs in a familiar manner. The interior frame, E, as shown in said figures, is atrussed frame constructcd substantially like the frame shown and described in a prior application, Serial No. 214,145, :liled by me upon the 21st day of September, 1880, and consisting of spirallydirected ribs 6 c, secured at their ends to the reel-heads A A, arranged to cross each other and secured. together at their points of intersection, so as to form a unitary truss. Longitu din al ribs e c are also attached at their ends to the reel-heads and secured to the trussed ribs e 0, together with a series of circumferential ribs, 6 extending around and attached to the longitudinal ribs 6 e.

The i'russed reel-frame E described is em-' ployed in the reel shown in said Figs. 1, 2, and 3, for the purpose of giving the necessary sirength and rigidity to the reelframe, the exterior frame, (1, being made relatively light, and being supported from the interior frame, E, by means of suitable radial connections between them, herein shown as consisting of annular partitions or rings G G, having a particular function in the operation of the reel, as will. be hereinafter fully'pointed out.

H H are a series of inclined deflectors secured to the longitudinal ribs 0 of the exterior frame and extending inwardly toward the wall or cylinder F. In this instance the said deflectors are arranged opposite the slots or openings f of the said inner wall or cylinder. The deflectors H H may extend continuously throughout the length of the reel, or from one to the other of the partitions G G. As herein shown, however, the deflectors H H consist of a series of relativelyshort prongs or fingers arranged side by side in alignment with each other longitudinally of the reel, with spaces between them nearly equal to the widths of the prongs themselves.

Instead of a series of separate deflectors, a continuous toothed or notched strip may be used, such as is shown in Fig. 11.

I I I are a series of revolving beaters supported from the shaft B by means of suitable frames or spiders, I. These heaters are driven in the operation of the apparatus at a high rate of speed, in a manner common and well known in centrifugal reels.

A reel constructed generally as above described may be provided with any desired or convenient form of feeding and discharging devices at its ends. The reel herein shown is provided with feeding and discharging devices similar to those shown in a prior application, Serial No. 234,485, filed April 12, 1887. In this construction the inner parts of the radial arms a. a are set inwardly from the plane of the reel-heads, to enable the feed and discharge devices to be conveniently arranged at the heads of the reel. The inlet end or head of the reel is closed by the head A, which is provided with a central circular aperture, in which is fitted a stationary disk, A through which passes a feed-spout, a, for delivering material to be bolted to the inte rior of the reel. At the tail or discharge end of the reel the head A is provided with a central aperture, in which is fitted a stationary wall, A, to the inner surface of which, around the sleeve A is secured a stationary hopper, a terminating at its bottom in an inclined discharge-spout, a Upon the inner surface of the head A are secured radial spouts 00*, the outer ends of which are provided with lateral openings facing upwardly at the rising side of the reel and arranged at their inner ends to discharge into the hopper a in the same manner as fully set forth in said prior application, Serial No. 234,485, above referred to.

The operation of the reel constructed as above described, and shown in said Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is as follows: The reel itself is turned or driven at a relatively slow rate of speed in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2, while the heaters are driven very rapidly, preferably in the same direction as the reel itself. The material fed into one end of the reel is thrown by the boaters outwardly against the inner cylinder for disintegrating the same, while a portion thereof will pass through the slots or openings f against the exterior bolting-cloth, thereby producing bolting action in the same manner as heretofore common. The material which fails to pass through the boltingcloth falls or slides backwardly upon the cloth at the upwardly-moving side of the reel and accumulates in the space between the cylinder-wall F and the bolting-cloth, a portion of the material sliding downwardly upon the upwardly-moving part of the cloth, while another portion will commonly be carried over and thrown against the bolting-cloth at the downwardly-moving side of the reel. When the downwardly-sliding material encounters the deflector H, portions thereof, commonly the coarser and lighter parts, will be thrown inwardly through one of the slots of the interior cylinder, whereby the material will be again subjected to the action of the heaters. The material is moved or fed along lengthwise of the reel by giving inclined or spiral form to the heaters, in the manner heretofore common and well understood. When the deflectors H are continuous from end to end of the reel, substantially all of the material accumulating in front or above them as the latter rise at the upgoing side of the reel w ill be thrown or cast into the interior cylinder. \Vhen, however, the deflectors are made in short sections, as shown in Fig. 3, a part only of such material will be discharged inwardly, in the manner described, by each deflector, and the remaining portion of the material will remain upon the bolting-cloth, and will be subjected to a further bolting action by rolling or sliding down the upwardly-moving surface of the cloth.

The main advantage gained by the employment of inclined deflectors, either when the latter are continuous or constructed in the form of prongs or fingers, is that the coarser particles which have accumulated near. or against the bolting-cloth, and which tend to lessen the bolting action by preventing the passage through the cloth of the smaller particles thrown against the latter, are by the agitation of the material produced thrown or cast inwardly by the deflectors or prongs away from the cloth at short intervals in the rotation of the reel, thus leaving the cloth clear for bolting the finer material,while at the same time subjecting the coarser and fluffy particles which are retained within the reel to further action of the heaters.

For obtaining the general result of agitating the material upon the bolting-cloth in such manner that the coarser and lighter particles will be cast inwardly away from the cloth, it is not necessary that the deflectors H should be arranged opposite the slots f of the inner cylinder, Fas, for instance, the construction shown in dotted lines H H of Fig. 2 may be employed, wherein said deflectors are arranged opposite a solid or nonapertured part of the inner cylinder. In a construction of this kind the material which is accumulated within the space within the inner cylinder and the bolting-cloth and is sliding downwardly against the bolting-cloth will, upon encountering the deflectors H H, be thrown inwardly thereby, and thus stirred or agitated, with the result of separating to a considerable extent the finer and heavier par ticles from the lighter and coarser ones, the heavier and smaller particles falling against the cloth, while the coarser and lighter par ticles remain 011 top of the mass of material being bolted. The action of the deflectors 0r prongs in this respect is something like that accomplished by stirring the material upon a sieve or screen, the advantage of agitating the material to bring'the finer and heavier parts against a screen-cloth and in position to pass through the same being well understood.

It will of course be understood that the deflectors or prongs H H opposite the opening f of the inner cylinder, while performing the function of the deflectors H H to stir or agitate the material passing over them, also perform another and additional function namely, that of casting the material or apart of the same inwardly into the inner cylinder, so as to allow such material to be again subjected to the action of the heaters.

It will be further noted that the deflectors H H, constructed in the manner described, will tend, by agitating the material in the manner described, to throw a greater part of the lighter and coarser particles inside of the inner cylinder, while a proportionately large part of the heavier and finer particles will pass the deflectors or prongs and remain in contact with or adjacent to the bolting-cloth.

It is obviously not essential that the deflectors II or II should be secured to the outer cylinder or frame which supports the boltingcloth, inasmuch as the same general effect will be produced when the deflectors are extended entirely across the space between the inner cylinderand bolting-cloth and attached at both ends to said cylinder and boltingclot-h, or when said deflectors are attached to the inner cylinder only.

IV hen the reel is provided with annular partitions or rings G G, located between the exterior bolting-cloth and the inner wall, F,

as herein illustrated, the coarser particles retained within the spaces between the partitions are moved endwise of the reel from one compartment to the other by being thrown or cast out of a full compartment near the head of the reel by the action of the deflectors H, and by then being thrown or pushed by the beaters into the next compartment which is 5 adjacent to the discharge end of the reel. A series of deflectors or prongs, H H, is located in contact with the partitions at the sides of the compartments nearest the discharge end of the reel, the deflectors thus located operating to throw the material from the compartments into the central space of the reel, in the manner above set forth.

I have found that the presence in a reel of deflectors constructed and operating in the manner described produces advantageous results in areel the other parts of which are made otherwise than as here shown. I have therefore herein broadly claimed such deflectors, and have also claimed such deflectors in combination with the annular partitions G G, without restriction to the employment in connection therewith of the inner wall or cylinder, F, or the other features of construction herein illustrated.

In Figs. 4L and 5 I have shown a reel made like that illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 in its principal features, with the exception that the revolving beaters are absent. 'In a reel of this kind the bolting effect is obtained solely by the rotation of the reel. The deflectors H in this instance serve to cast inwardly away from the bolting-cloth and upon the inner surface of the inner wall, F, the coarser and lighter parts of the material carried upwardly by and sliding backwardly on'the upgoing part of the bolting-cloth. The material thus cast upon the inner cylinder or wall slides along the latter until a succeeding opening or slot is brought, in the turning of the reel, upward into position for the passage therethrough of the material cast upon the said wall. A portion of the material resting in contact with the bolting-cloth is thus, in the rotation of the reel, continually being cast inward through one of the slots of the inner cylinder, and then allowed to flow outward through the succeed.- ing slot, thereby producing a constant turning over or stirring of the material being bolted. The reel illustrated in said Figs. 4 and 5 is provided with four slots, f, and with two sets of deflectors, H H, arranged at diametrically-opposite points upon the reel. The material cast inwardly through one of the slots f by one of the deflectors is therefore retained within the interior cylinder during a quarter of the revolution of the same, after which it makes its escape through the next following opening or slot f, and is again subjected to the action of the bolting-cloth until 1' the opposite set of deflectors reach the upg0 ing side of the reel and again cast a part of the material inwardly.

For the purpose of producing endwise motion of the material through a reel made as shown in said Figs. 5 and 5, I employ devices as follows: J J J are a series of radial blades or deflectors secured to the frame E inside of the cylinder F between the openings f of said cylinder. The said blades or deflectors are arranged spirally or obliquely, and are inclined in such manner that as they rise upon the upgoing side of the reel material falling against them will be deflected thereby and carried endwise of the reel toward the discharge end thereof. As herein shown, said blades or deflectors are sustained by pivots j, and are connected by a longitudinal rod y, by which the deflectors are held at a desired angle, and which may be moved to change the inclination of said deflectors to give a sloweror more rapid feed, as may be desired.

In Figs. 6 and 7 is shown a reel provided with deflectors H H, such as are above described, and embracing an outer frame covered with bolting-cloth D and an inner wall or cylinder, F, (which will commonly be made of an impervious material, such as can vas,) wherein the inner wall is without slots or openings. In a reel of this kind the material being bolted is retained constantly in the annular space between the bolting-cloth and the inner cylinder. The material is fed to said annular space through a slot or opening formed between the end of the inner cylinder, F, and the reel-head by making the inner cylinder shorter than the outer cylinder, as clearly shown in the drawings, Fig. (5.

An advantage is gain ed in the use of a cylinder, even when the latter is without openings, for the reason that the material, which would otherwise accumulate in a large mass at the bottom of the reel, is held within the narrow annular space between the said cylinder and the bolting-cloth, and is thereby carried upwardly upon the upgoing side of the reel to a much higher point than it would otherwise reach. The area of cloth over which the material slides downwardly or backwardly is thus greatly increased, with an obvious increase in the amount of work accomplished by the reel. A partof the material, also, may be carried over the top of the reel, and will be bolted on the downwardly-moving part of the bolt ing-cloth. In a reel made with a continuous inner wall or cylinder the deflectors lI operate to agitate the material and to cast inwardly away from the bolting cloth the material nearest the latter, thereby serving to clear the bolting-cloth of material tending to clog or choke it, in the same manner as in the form of reel before described. Material is fed to the space between the bolting-cloth D and the wall or cylinder F (shown in said Figs. 6 and 7) by means of a feed-spout, as shown in Fig. 1., or otherwise.

Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate a construction in the reel-frame wherein a trussed frame, F, consisting of spiral, longitudinal, and transverse ribs, secured to each other at their points of intersection, in the same manner as before described and shown in said prior application, is located at the exterior of the reel and supports the bolting-cloth D, while the inner wall, F, consists of cloth stretched over a relatively light frame, 0', consisting of longitudinal and circumferential ribs. In a construction of this kind the exterior trussed frame, E, forms the main supporting-frame of the reel, and the inner light frame is sustained therefrom. Radial posts or braces C C are shown as employed in this instance to sustain the inner from the outer frame.

Then the reel is provided with an inner longitudinallyslotted wall, F, deflectors like the deflectors H and H may be placed upon Fig. 2, and at ll: ll" in Fig. 4..

such inner wall with some of the advantages obtained by such deflectors when placed adjacent to the bolting-cloth. Such deflectors upon the inner wall are indicated at H H Figs. l and 5, and in dotted lines at H H in The said deflectors H ll are shown. in Figs. & and 5 as located adjacent to the slots 1 of the inner wall; but they may be otherwise located on such inner wall, if desired'as, for instance, they may be located between the slots, as shown at l l." in Fig. The deflectors located upon the said inner wall operate to stir or agitate the material thrown inwardly upon and sliding along said wall, with the result of promoting the separation of the light and fluffy particles from the small and heavy ones in the same manner as before described. The deflectors, when placed upon the inner cylinder, may be arranged either in planes parallel with the end walls of the reel or obliquely thereto. Deflectors attached to theinner Wall, F, in an oblique position are indicated in dotted lines Il ll, Fig. l. The deflectors, when arranged obliquely, may be used in connec tion with the deflectors .l to aid in carrying material endwise of the reel, or they may be used without such. deflectors as the sole means of producing such endwise motion of the material. The said deflectors located upon the inner wall, F, are herein claimed as part of my invention.

The improved cloth-cleaning device forming part of my invention is illustrated in Figs. 8, 9, and 10.

. K in said figures is the housing or casing of the reel, 1) a shaft mounted in the casing exterior and adjacent to the reel, and L is a revolving bar carried by the said shaft. To the said revolving bar are attached a series of brushes or rubbers, M, each consisting of a strip of fabric, the end portion of which is folded or bunched, so as to form a mass or masses of cloth adapted to rest against the boltingcloth and act with a brushing action thereon. Any suitable fabric may be employed for said brushes or rubbers; but I prefer to use an open fabric like mosquito-net ting. In some cases the cloth strip, folded or bunched in the manner described, may-be su fficiently heavy to press with sufficient force against the bolting-cloth; but, if found necessary or desirable, the strips or masses of fabric may be weighted, and as a further and distinct improvement I have herein shown weights on m secured in the end portions of the said strips. 1 will commonly make the brushes H of a single strip or piece of fabric folded or bunched at its lower end, in the manner shown; but I do not confine myself to this construction, inasmuch as separate bunches or masses of folded fabric may be attached to a strip of other flexible material in such manner as to act upon the boltingcloth in the same manner as hereinbefore set forth. The brushes described are operated by the turning of the shaft L, which revolves the bar L, and thereby throws or swings the brushes lirst upwardly away from the bolt ing-cloth and then downwardly against the latter, so as to periodically shake or jar the cloth, and thereby tend to free the latter from adhering particles. The said bar L is re volved in the same direction that the boltingreel rotates, so that the brushes, after falling into contact with the bolting-cloth, are drawn upwardly along the latter, while the cloth itself is moved downwardly beneath them, thus obtaining a rubbing action of considerable duration, combined wit-h light blows or concussions at intervals adapted to shake, jar, or vibrate the bolting'cloth to dislodge adhering particles.

It is entirely obvious that the improvements herein shown and claimed may be applied as well -to a hexagonal or many-sided reel as to a cylindric reel such as is herein shown.

The inner wall, F, will obviously operate in substantially the same manner as hereinbetfore described when provided with openings arranged otherwise than as shown in theaccompanyin g drawingsas, for instance, said inner wall may be uniformly apertured instead of being longitudinally slottml.

I claim as my invention- 1. A bolting-reel comprising a frame supporting a bolting-cloth, and a series of separate short deflectors located within the reel and side by side longitudinally of the latter, with their outer edges adjacent to the boltingcloth and inclined inwardly and rearwardly with reference to the direction of motion of the reel, substantially as described.

:2. A bolting-reel comprising an exterior frame covered with bolting-cloth, a wall supported upon the frame within the boltingcloth, and a series of separate deflectors located side by side longitudinally of the reel between the bolting-cloth and inner wall and inclined inwardly and rearwardly with reference to the direction of motion of the reel, substantially as described.

3. A bolting-reel comprising an exterior frame provided with a covering of boltingeloth, an interior apertured concentric wall on cylinder attached to said exterior frame, and a series of separate deflectors mounted side by side longitudinally of the reel between the bolting-cloth and inner wall, said deflectors being arranged opposite the apertures of the cylinder, substantially as described.

i. A reel comprising two connected parts or members-namely, an exterior cloth-supporting frame and an inner wall or cylinder-one of said parts or members being provided with oblique or spirally-directed ribs arranged to cross each other and secured togetl'ier at their intersections to form a unitary truss, and the other part or member being supported from the said trussed member, substantially as described.

5. A boltingreel comprising an exterior frame covered with boltingcloth, one or more rings or annular partitions extending inwardly from the exterior rame at points between the ends of the reel, and a series of deflectors attached to the exterior frame between the said rings or partitions and acting to throw inwardly from the bolting-cloth the material resting thereon, substantially as described.

(5. A boltingreel comprising an exterior frame, boltingcloth applied thereto, an inner concentric apertured wall, and ringsor annular partitions located between the said exterior frame and inner wall, substantially as described.

7. A bolting-reel comprising an exterior frame, bolting-cloth thereon, an inner wall arranged concentric with the exterior frame, rings or annular partitions located between the said exterior frame and inner wall, and a series of deflectors located adjacent to the bolting-cloth between said bolting-cloth and the inner wall and between the said partitions, said deflectors acting to throwinwardly away from the cloth the material resting thereon, substantially as described.

8. A bolting-reel comprising a trussed frame formed by spirally-directed ribs arranged to cross each other and secured together at their intersected points, an exterior cloth-supporting frame, and annular partitions or rings located between the said trussed reel-frame and the exterior cloth-supporting frame, said partitions serving to support the said exterior frame from the interior trussed frame, substantially as described.

9. The combination, with a reel comprising an exterior frame covered with bolting-cloth and an interior concentric longitudinally-slotted wall attached to and moving with said exterior frame, of a series of revolving beaters.

located within said reel, substantially as described.

10. The combination, with a reel comprising an exterior frame covered with boltingcloth, of an inner concentric longitudinallyslotted wall attached to and moving with said exterior frame, a series of separate inclined deflectors located between the exterior frame and interior wall, and a series of revolving heaters located within the reel, substantially as described.

ll. The combination, with a reel comprising an exterior frame covered with boltingcloth and an interior concentric apertured wall, of annular partitions or rings located bet-ween the said exterior frame and inner wall. and a series of revolving beaters located within the reel, substantially as described.

12. The combination, with a reel comprising an exterior frame covered with boltingcloth, annular partitions or rings, and inclined deflectors attached to the exterior frame between the said annular partitions, of a series of revolving boaters located within the said reel, substantially as described.

13. The combination, with a reel comprising an exterior frame covered with boltingcloth, an interior apertured wall, annular partitions or rings located between the said inner Wall and. exterior frame, and inclined deflectors attached to the exterior frame between the said annular partitions, of a series of re= volving beaters located within the said reel, substantially as described.

14. A bolting-reel comprising two heads, a trussed frame connecting said heads, and an exterior cloth-supportin g frame arranged concentric'with the trussed frame and attached to and supported by the same, said reel being provided with an exterior covering or boltingcloth attached to the cloth-supporting frame, and with an interior concentric longitudinally-slotted wall or cylinder formed by strips of cloth or other fie xible material attached to said trussed frame, substantially as described.

15. A bolting-reel comprising an exterior frame covered with bolting-cloth, an interior apertured wall arranged concentric with the exterior frame, and a series of separate deflectors attached to the said interior wall and extending inwardly from the latter, substantially as described.

16. A reel comprising an exterior frame cow cred with bolting-cloth, an interior apertured concentric wall provided with slots, annular partitions o'r rings located between the said inner wall and outer frame, and a series of short deflectors secured to the outer frame side by side, with spaces between them, substantially as described.

17. The combination, with a bolting-reel provided with an exterior cloth-supporting frame and with an inner apertured wall attached to said frame, of spirally-arranged deflectors attached to said inner wall and extending inwardly therefrom, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM E. GORTON.

Witnesses:

E. E. MORGAN, L F. KERNS. 

